Russia: Rapeseed and soybeans of the new harvest 2023 in the Altai Territory showed the best quality

Artemy Panchenko, head of the press service of the Altai branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Center for Grain Quality Assessment,” spoke about how the picture is developing for the Altai grain of the new harvest. In Altai, permanent snow cover has established itself, and agricultural enterprises are finishing harvesting late crops. Meanwhile, the Altai branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Center for Grain Quality Assessment” continues to research the new crop. As of November 3, 2023, more than 2.5 million tons of soft wheat were harvested on regional farms with a yield of 13.6 centners per hectare. Almost half of the entire wheat harvest was sent to the branch for research. According to test results, 53% of Altai soft wheat corresponds to class 3, 30% to class 4 (in total 83% of food wheat), and 17% is intended for feeding. “As for durum wheat, it is not very popular in the region. By the beginning of November, Altai farmers had collected 90 thousand ...